"Scott Pilgrim EX is a window back into the mindset of a young 20-something who is not tired, cynical, and consumed with rage over Uber surge pricing. It's a bite-sized adventure full of retro joy and simple problems with familiar solutions. Also a parade of nostalgia-tickling references to gaming's past."
"Scott Pilgrim EX, out March 3 on PC and console, serves as both an admirable spiritual successor to the first game and a refreshing evolution of traditional beat 'em up structure. Instead of a sequence of isolated levels with linear action bookended by brief animated vignettes, Tribute's latest game takes place across a single connected map."
"Part Castlevania, part River City Ransom, the open-world feel makes exploration more interesting and rewarding. This new relationship to the environments as you run back and forth across a colorful Adult Swim-cartoon-like rendering of Toronto brings a fresh energy to the stuff you spend 99 percent of the game doing: punching."
Scott Pilgrim EX is a side-scrolling beat 'em up developed by Tribute Games, featuring an impressive creative team including talent from the original 2010 Scott Pilgrim game, creator Bryan Lee O'Malley, pixel artist Paul Robertson, and chiptune band Anamanaguchi. The game launches March 3 on PC and console. It evolves traditional beat 'em up structure by replacing isolated linear levels with a single connected open-world map of Toronto, drawing inspiration from Castlevania and River City Ransom. This design choice makes exploration more engaging and rewarding, bringing fresh energy to combat-focused gameplay while delivering nostalgic gaming references and retro joy.
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